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• An introduction about Maria Acevedo and the things she does in her personal time 
• A conversation about how Maria got into her career 
• Maria talks about her journey and what did she first touch on Dynamics 365 in her career  
• What do conversational interfaces mean to Maria? 
• Maria talks about user experience design and her experiences with it 
• What are your thoughts about having a product engineer but not having design engineers at Microsoft? 
• What features or functions would you like to see added to make it more compatible with what design you expect to work with? 
• Maria talks about UI Kit

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• UX Nielsen Norman group - What is User experience. 
• Accessibility guidelines - WCAG 
• Power Platform - Learning resources 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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• Learn what is an ecological transition 
• Emmanuel GALLIS shares his story about how he got into technology. 
• Talks about how Emmanuel got into the Microsoft Power Platform 
• A conversation about Emmanuel’s SAP background 
• What is SAP and Emmanuel’s experience working on SAP 
• Working from SAP to SharePoint or Microsoft tools 
• Discussion about the possibility of creating a PowerApps or Power Automate using SAP 
• Extending SAP to Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents 
• Find out more about Emmanuel’s journey and experience in becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Talks about Emmanuel’s involvement in the community 
• Emmanuel’s advice and recommendations to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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• A brief introduction about Holger Bruchelt’s life and what he does for fun 
• Unpacking Holger’s career journey to where he is right now at Microsoft 
• Holger shares the history of the Microsoft SAP relationship  
• What does SAP mean to Microsoft and why is it important? 
• How do SAP and Microsoft work together? 
• Holger talks about SAP Fiori 
• What are the mix of use cases that Holder are seeing with SAP, Power Apps, Power Automate and the Power Platform? 
• Holger shares some of his resources available for the community to access 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A brief introduction about Damien Bird’s life – family, work and interests. 
• Find out about Damien’s journey for the last eighteen months 
• Talks about the work Damien has been doing and how things started – MVP community, forum, blogging and YouTubing. 
• What's Damien’s number one tool that he uses in his job these days 
• Damien’s thoughts about the best engagement when it comes to Microsoft forums – Twitter, YouTube or Blogging? 
• Talks about Damien’s career background – from working for a council or local government to where he is right now. 
• Learning experiences in using new technologies and other tools 
• Damien’s advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP that is right for them their career 

 
OTHER RESOURCES: 

Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A short introduction about Jeremy Vyska’s background and what he does when not working 
• Life and moving to Sweden 
• Find out more about Sweden’s medical system 
• Learn more about Jeremy’s NAV and Business Central journey 
• Talks about the career and educational background of Jeremy 
• NAV product and Business Central in Europe – on-premise and cloud 
• How did Jemery become a Microsoft MVP? 
• Talks about Jeremy’s MVP nomination and speaking events 
• Check out Jeremy’s first book about Your First 20 Hours with Business Central - https://sparebrained.com/your-first-20-hours-with-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central/#story 
• Jeremy’s advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• Clavin Fernandes talks about his life background – country of origin, favourite food, interests and what he does when not working. 
• A conversation about how Clavin got into technology. 
• Talks about the educational and career background of Clavin 
• A discussion about Clavin’s SharePoint, Info Path and Cloud background 
• Find out more about Clavin’s power Platform journey 
• Clavin’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – how did it come about and how did it start? 
• What area does Clavin focus on now in Microsoft? 
• Talks about Clavin’s involvement in the community 
• Learn how Clavin searches for solutions to resolve an issue 
• An overview of fusion development 
• The impact and Clavin’s discoveries since becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Clavin’s recommendations to people wanting to achieve something in their career

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• A conversation about Alexio Tonderai Chandiwana’s family and life. 
• Alexio talks about his journey and how he got into technology. 
• A discussion about Alexio’s career background. 
• Talks about how helpful and important the Community is to Alexio. 
• How did Alexio’s journey to becoming a Business Applications MVP start? 
• Alexio’s involvement in the community and speaking events 
• Discussions about Alexio’s learning experiences in this journey 
• Alexio’s advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction about Abed and Olga and what they are passionate about  
• Abed and Olga talks about their journey into Microsoft and how they ended up working for it 
• What is Azure Data Explorer? 
• A discussion with Abed and Olga about Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence; what is it and where does it light up in the software? 
• What are the features, languages supported, license requirements and the security of Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence?  
• Abed and Olga shares how Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence help 
• A conversation about Abed and Olga’s recommendations when it comes to using Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence 
• Find out more about the benefits of using Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence. 
• Learn how to set up  Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence and the specific steps involved. 

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction to Mohana Krishna’s life and his country of origin. 
• Discover the things Mohana loves to do for fun. 
• A discussion about Mohana's involvement in Dynamics NAV 
• Find out more about Mohana’s career journey. 
• Mohana shares his community involvement and writing blogs to help people 
• What was Mohana’s journey after Dynamics NAV in 2009 
• Learn about the difference between Dynamics NAV and Business Central 
• How much do PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI and Power Portals play in the Business Central landscape? 
• How does Mohana keep his skills up to date with all the changes that Microsoft is bringing out? 
• The benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• What’s new when it comes to Business Cental exams 
• The deployment model between Business Central and Dynamics NAV 
• Mohana thought about the big changes that happened in the MVP Program since he became an MVP 
• Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An overview of what GDPR is and how it impacts businesses and individuals. 
• Find out more about Mohamed Mostafa’s life and what he does when not working. 
• What is a digital nomad, and it means to be one? 
• A conversation about Mohamed’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• What Mohamed enjoys the most from the community. 
• Mohamed’s involvement in the community 
• Mentoring experience and speaking in an event. 
• Learn about the benefits of community engagement and helping others 
• Mohamed chats about the future when it comes to community and business applications. 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

Support the show

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith